Company H, 121st Ohio Volunteer Infantry and the 9th Ohio Independent Battery surround the grave of Colonel William P. Reid, the first commander of the 121st, at Oakgrove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio, Memorial Day, 1999.

Welcome to Company H, 121st Ohio Volunteer Infantrya Civil War Reenactment group from north-central Ohio. We are a department of the Marion County Historical Society. The unit was formed in 1992 by Richard West of the historical society and Mark Melroy, a local Civil War reenactor with Company H, 49th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to provide reenactment and educational services in the Marion area and surrounding counties, as well as local and national battle reenactments. It was only meant to be a small color guard of about eight to ten men, but it quickly grew beyond those expectations into a company of its own. It has participated in numerous events throughout the eastern and southern United States and even in England. In 1999, it became a founding member unit of the Army of the Ohio.

The 121st O.V.I.offers a variety of reenacting experiences. The company attends national battle reenactments, where thousands of reenactors from all over the country come to recreate the great battles of the Civil War, where the sights and sounds can make you feel like you have briefly gone back in time. The unit also attends smaller battle events throughout Ohio and neighboring states. We set up displays of arms, uniforms, and equipment for a variety of functions and perform army drill and camp demonstrations. As a community orientated group, the company offers educational programs for area

The Union line along the stone wall during Pickett's Charge, at the Battle of Gettysburg, in 1998, the single largest Civil War Reenactment in history.

schools, community functions, parades, and, as a unit that honors the soldiers of the Civil War, and all other of America's wars, we participate in veteran activities such as Memorial Day.

As a member of the Army of the Ohio, we are able to combine with other Ohio units to become bigger companies and battalions, and with further membership in the First Federal Division, brigades. It all offers a unique experience of this pivotal time in our nation's history and culture.

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